Lance Cpl. Trevor David Aston

Age: 32
Hometown: Austin, TX
Date of Death: 2/22/2005
Incident Location: Anbar province, Iraq

Branch of Military: Marines
Rank: Lance Cpl.
Unit: 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division
Unit's Base: Austin, Texas

Trevor David Aston died in Iraq on February 22, 2005. Trevor was a U.S. Marine lance corporal assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines. Trevor was born in Wilkes-Barre, on November 6, 1972. He graduated from Irvin High School in El Paso, TX, and attended college in El Paso and Austin Texas. Trevor has called Austin home for the last 10 years.
Trevor was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Abraham and Elsie Azain and his paternal grandfather, Trevor Aston, all of Wilkes-Barre.
Trevor is survived by his mother, Jewel Ann Aston, formerly of Wilkes-Barre, presently living in Houston, TX; and by his father, Robert R. Aston and his wife, Catherine, of El Paso, TX; also living in Wilkes-Barre is Trevor's paternal grandmother, Lenore J. Aston; Trevor is also survived by longtime friend, Alfonso Hernandez, his wife, Lisa, and their daughter, Angelique, to whom Trevor was godfather. Trevor leaves behind several aunts, uncles, cousins; three step brothers and many, many very dear friends.
Trevor will be sorely missed by all who knew him.

(Source: Times Leader)

After the 2001 terrorist attacks, Trevor Aston enlisted in the Marine Reserves at the relatively advanced age of 29. "He was terribly shaken after 9/11," said his grandmother, Lenore Aston. Aston, 32, of Austin, Texas, was killed Feb. 22 in Anbar province. Aston's grandmother served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II, and his father was in the Army for 27 years. As a boy Aston lived in Texas, Germany and other locations where his father, Robert Aston, was stationed. He attended Austin Community College and had worked as a bartender and booked concert acts for a nearby nightclub. He wanted to be a firefighter either in Austin or in Houston, where his mother lives. "He was a good friend to many people," said his mother, Jewel Aston. "He was just an all-around, good, nice kid."

(Source: Associated Press)

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